Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Connected Aviation (Remote)

Collins Aerospace; Maryland; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to manage AWS-hosted infrastructures. Responsibilities include owning the AWS environments, driving migrations, and ensuring service availability. Candidates must have a strong engineering background, preferably with AWS experience and proficiency in coding. This remote position offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and generous vacation policies.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation for new hires

401(k) with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Life and disability insurance

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in STEM and 8+ years of experience.
• Experience with system design, platform management, and AWS services.
• Flexibility to join early morning meetings for collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own AWS infrastructures delivering products to commercial customers.
• Manage and troubleshoot AWS environments for CI/CD.
• Drive migration of Connected Aviation applications to AWS cloud.

Skills

Software engineering background or coding skills in an OO language

Experience managing AWS ECS clusters

Experience with Docker and containerization

Experience with system design and platform management

Experience with Bash and/or PowerShell scripting

Strong written and verbal communication

Education

Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics

Tools

AWS CDK

AWS CloudFormation

Git

Azure DevOps

Monitoring/reporting tools

Job description

Overview

Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Connected Aviation (Remote) role at Collins Aerospace. This position focuses on service availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning for AWS-hosted infrastructures delivering products to our commercial customers in a B2B model.

What YOU will do

• Own one or more AWS hosted infrastructures delivering products to our commercial customers in a B2B model.
• Manage, enhance, and troubleshoot AWS environments, following best-in-breed patterns for CI/CD of new product/infrastructure releases.
• Deliver in an agile pattern with customers, focusing on continuous testing and release.
• Influence other team members to scale features using the right AWS tools.
• Drive the migration of a significant multi-tenant Connected Aviation web application from on-premise to the AWS cloud.
• Be part of the on-call roster supporting critical service incidents.

What YOU will learn

• Innovate and create new infrastructure and systems in a supportive team.
• Balance feature development speed and reliability while meeting service-level objectives.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the world to deliver great systems and experiences.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years of experience, or an Advanced Degree with minimum 5 years of experience.
• U.S. Person – requires access to ITAR or EAR information/hardware; U.S. citizens, nationals, permanent residents, or protected individuals are considered U.S. persons.
• Flexibility to join team meetings as early as 9:00 AM Eastern to accommodate UK and India teams.
• Software engineering background or coding skills in an OO language (.NET or Python advantageous) related to infrastructure as code using AWS CDK.
• Experience managing AWS ECS clusters and systems hosted in PostgreSQL databases and RabbitMQ.
• Experience with Bash and/or PowerShell scripting for infrastructure.
• Experience with system design, platform management, and AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with Docker, containerization, and Git.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Dual background in systems infrastructure and software engineering.
• Experience with monitoring/reporting tools and Azure DevOps and Pulumi.
• Experience with SCRUM or Scaled Agile Framework.
• Automation mindset and proficiency with automation tools.
• Understanding of network segmentation, routing and VPNs.
• Security collaboration with cyber teams and clear communication of designs.
• Strong written and verbal communication to document and articulate work to teammates and stakeholders.

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for new hires
• Generous 401(k) with employer matching and retirement contribution, including Lifetime Income option
• Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life and disability insurance; optional coverages including pet, home/auto, additional life, critical illness, group legal, ID protection
• Family leave benefits and wellness programs
• Virtual care options and family support services

Avionics

Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and digital solutions for global governments and aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers and crews. Start your application today.

Additional Information

Remote: Employees in Remote roles work primarily offsite; travel to site may be required. This is a U.S.-based role with compensation and benefits aligned accordingly. The application window and other terms may vary by business unit.